koko
\ko.ko\
The verdict
“koko” is uncommon French (frequency #54,064 among 110,375 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,064
- frequency rank, French
- 110,375
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom usuel en Afrique équatoriale de Gnetum africanum et de Getum buchholzianum, liane de la famille des Gnetaceae, dont les feuilles sont utilisées comme condiment ou cuites comme légume, cette pla...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | koko |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ko.ko\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “koko” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
koko is uncommon French at frequency #54,064 among 110,375 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ko.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for koko in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is koko, spelled K-O-K-O.
Definition
- 1Nom usuel en Afrique équatoriale de Gnetum africanum et de Getum buchholzianum, liane de la famille des Gnetaceae, dont les feuilles sont utilisées comme condiment ou cuites comme légume, cette plante sert aussi pour confectionner des cordes et possède divers usages médicaux.
- 2Condiment et feuilles provenant de cette liane.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “koko”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is K-O-K-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ko.ko\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.